Driving innovation through mainframe modernization
summary
Kyndryl and AWS present a concrete modernization pack: AWS Mainframe Modernization (M2) plus Kyndryl Cloud Native Services, a factory for refactor, and DevSecOps driven by Blu Age and Micro Focus, with data pipelines built on Precisely and monitoring via Kyndryl Bridge and RM4K. A Kyndryl survey of ~500 finds 90% keep mainframes, 95% move some workloads, average 37% moved; typical projects report $25M savings and 9–11% profit uplift. Proof points include a managed estate of ~6.5M MIPS, onboarding cut from months to days, 20–30% cost reduction and lower carbon footprint.
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chapters (9)
- 0:00Introduction to modernization
- 1:16Market trends and insights
- 4:49Modernization patterns
- 8:18Kyndryl and AWS partnership
- 9:55Five steps to modernization
- 21:04New service capabilities
- 25:30Factory and DevSecOps approach
- 34:48Data replication strategies
- 40:26Summary and conclusion
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